Talking-toy mechanism



May 26, 1925.

F. EVANS TALKING TOY MECHANISM,

Filed March 21, 1923 l J 1i :I I

INVEWTDR F ED Exam,

ATTORNEY.

Patented May 26, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT, OFFICE.

FRED EVANS, OF SUMMIT, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR, BY I EESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO

VOICES INCORPORATED, A. CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

TALKING-TOY mncnamsm.

Application filed March 21, 1928. Serial No. 626,494.

To all whom it may concern:

V ,Be it known that'I, FRED EVANS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Summit, county of Union, and State of New J orsey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Talking-Toy Mechanism, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates'to sound producing devices, such as are ordinarily used in toys. and has to do particularly with a device of this type for use in talking dolls.

One object of-this invention is to provide a sound producing device which may be cheaply constructed, rugged enough to withstand the rough usage to which such devices are subjected, and which will at the same time emit a sound simulating the human voice.

Another object of the invention is to provide a new and improved sound producing device of the type described, provided with means by which the sound emitted may be controlled and regulated.

Another'object of the invention is to provide a simple and effective construction b means of which a sound may be produce together with means by which the sound may be regulated, so that the device may enunciate distinct syllables.

Other objects and aims of the invention, more or less specific than those referred to above, will be in part obvious and in part pointed out in the course of the following. description of the elements, combinations,

arrangements of parts and applications of principles, constituting the invention; and the scope of protection contemplated will be indicated in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing, wherein I have shown a preferred form of embodiment of my invention:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation with parts broken away; and

Figure 2 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view.

Referring now to the drawing, wherein similar reference characters refer to similar parts in both views thereof, the reference character 1 indicates a casing preferabl cylindrical in form and constructedof car proof. The walls of the bellows, it will be a noted, arealtached to the head 2 by means of a disc 4, under which the edges of the bellows walls are engaged, the disc 4 being a then secured to the head in any desired manner. On the other end of the walls of the bellows are secured between a disc-like weight 6, being held thereto by means of a disc 7 in the outer face thereof.

A suitable aperture 8 is formed through the wall of the disc 7, and a second aperture 9 formed through the weight 6 in registry therewith. Mounted on the outer face of the disc, which it will be noted rests a considerable distance within the casing when the bellows is expanded, is a chamber 10, from which there is an outlet through a reed 11, into a second chamber 12, provided with an orifice 13. Attached to the disc 4 within the bellows is an arm 14, which extends through the length of the bellows and passes through a suitable aperture formed in the weight and in the disc 7. This arm is secured in position so that as the bellows collapses, by reason of the device being reversed as to position, the weight and disc 7 will move relatively to the arm 14. The arm 14 lies in engagement with the face of the chamber 12, and is held thereagainst by means of a pair of fingers 15, 15, struck up from the'face of this orifice chamber.

Under normal conditions the arm 14 has a blank space which covers the orifice 13, but as the weighted disc passes along the arm, by-reason of the reversal of the posi tion of the device, and the collapse of the bellows, the air which is forced fr m the bellows through the reed into the orifice chamber 12, will pass outwardly through the orifice 13, and through suitable apertures 16 and 17 which are formed through the arm. These apertures register successively with the orifice. position of the device is reversed, the be]- It will be seen then that as the lows will collapse, expelling air therefrom. through the reed. This expulsion will ocour only when one of the apertures 16 or 17 is in registry with the orifice, and the result of having these apertures spaced apart with a blank portion intervening is to produce separate sounds, which give the effect of the enunciation of distinct syllables, such as ma-ma. g

It will be understood that this sound producing device is to be used ordinarily in the body of a so-called talking doll, and it is so placed that-as the doll is moved from the upright to the reclining position, or viceversa,-the weight 6 will cause the bellows either to expand or to collapse. As has been explained, the collapse of the bellows, with 'the attendant expulsion of air, will produce a movement of the reed which gives rise to a sound, and the provision of an apertured- I arm opening and closing the orifice succesdistinct note,

prising in combination, a casing, a head.

.scription or shown in sively will produce the ma-ma syllables.

It will be clear, of course, that it would be possible 10 use a single aperture in the arm 16, or several other apertures, so that a plurality of sounds will be produced, or a sin le in accordance with the desire of the user. Under ordinary circumstances, however, it is preferable to use a pair of apertures, so tiat the doll will give the ma-ma sounds.

It will accordingly be seen that I have provided a device well adapted to attain all the objects set forth. It may cheaply constructed, none of the parts requiring careful adjustment, or exact machine work.

.The device is substantially made and will withstand shocks and rough usage with which such toys are ordinarily handled.

As many changes could be made in this construction without departing. from the scope of the following claims, it is intended that all matter contained in the above dothe accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative only and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A device of the class described comtherein, a bellows attached to said head, a weight attached to said bellows, a clamping disc thereon, a reed chamber on said disc in communication withsaid bellows, an orifice. chamber communicating with said reed chamber, an arm mounted on said head and overlying said orifice,said arm being provided with a plurality of apertures adapted to register with said orifice as said bellows is collapsed.

' 2. A device of the class described comprising in combination, a casing, a head therein, a tubular bellows attached to said head, a weight suspended from said head by said movably through said bellows, a clamping 'disc attached to said weight, a reed chamber on said disc in communication with the interior of said bellows, an orifice chamber into which said reed projects, a flat arm having spaced apertures and one end attached to said head and extending weight and said disc, and devices carried externally by the said orifice chamber for flatwis'e against the wall of the orifice chamher and over the said orifice whereby the movements of the bellows cause the said apertures of the arm to register successively with the said orifice.

3. A device of the class described comprising in combination, a casing, a head therein, a tubular bellows attached to said head, a weight suspended from said head by said bellows, a clamping disc attached to said weight, a reed chamber on said disc in communication with the interior of said bellows, an orifice chamber into which said reed pro jects, and an arm attached to said head and extending movably through said weight and said disc, the said arm passing closely over the orifice of the said chamber, and stud arm having apertures adapted to be brought successively into registry with said ori ce' 4. A device of the class described comprising in combination, a casin a head therein, a tubular bellows attached to said head, a weight secured to one of said bellows by a clamping disc and movable toward and away from said head, a reed chamber mounted on arranged to register successively with the orifice as the bellows is operated.

5. A device of the class described comprising in combination, a casing, a head therein, a tubular bellows attached to said head, a weight secured to one of said bellows by a clamping disc and movable toward and away from said head, a reed chamber mounted on said disc in communication with said belows, an orifice chamber with which said reed chamber communicates, and an arm secured to said head and passing through said wei ht and said disc and closel over said orifice, said arm having spac' apertures adapted to be brought into registry with said orifice as said weight moves on the collapse of said bellows.

6. A device of the class described comrising in combination, a tubular casing, a ead in one end thereof, a tubular bellows havin one marginal edge clam to said head y a disc, bellows from said head, a disc weight, a reed chamber on a weight suspen ed by said guiding the said arm said disc communicating with said bellows, an orifice chamber in communication with said reed chamber, and an arm secured to said head and. arranged to pass closely over said orifice, said arm having spaced aper- Lures adapted to register with said orifice as said bellows collapses or oxpands.

'In. testimony whereof, I afiix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

FRED EVANS.

Witnesses:

EMMA WEINBEKG, v Dono rn WARD. 

